Chattanooga State College Sells Radio Station
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Chattanooga State students say "No!" to the sale of the school's radio station.
WAWL "The Wall" has operated for more than 26 years and is the only area station playing local music in its regular rotation.
School officials say the almost $1,000,000 it would take to convert to digital just isn't in the budget...so, the school agreed to sell the station.
Proceeds from the sale will go toward the station's streaming web-version.
But students say most fans don't listen via the web and the station will lose its fan base.
WAWL Student Radio Personality Jason "Slim" Edens says, "They're losing the very last truly alternative station they've got. You know, people can tell us 'Yeah, we still have Internet.' But, you can't listen to your Internet in the car."
Edens says he doesn't buy the school's reasons for the sale.
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I'm upset that the WAWL is no longer
I loved the WAWL! I'm so upset that the WAWL is no longer in operation. I moved here from Atlanta and can't find a radio station that I can go to for music like I could the WAWL. How upsetting!
Chattanooga's music/radio selection currently stinks and it needs a station like the WAWL to appeal to the young crowd with a desire to hear good music. Chattanooga is craving to draw in the younger, business professional crowd to expand it's population to meet that of a city comparable to Atlanta and what do you think you are doing by replacing good radio stations with Christian rock and Talk radio...filling hopes and voids with disappointing radio...nice job Chatt!